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A Dirty Shame

 2004
 89 minutes (1 hrs 29 mins)
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Production Country

United States

Director and Cast Quickview

Directed by

John Waters

Starring

Tracey Ullman · Johnny Knoxville · Selma Blair · Chris Isaak · Suzanne Shepherd · Mink Stole

Full cast & crew

Release dates

US release date US release: 24th September 2004
United States release date United States release: 24th September 2004
Portugal release date Portugal release: 30th December 2004

Box Office Quickview

US box office

  • Box Office debut: 17th Sep '04
  • Debut position: 67
  • Highest position: 19
  • Debut gross: $29.4 Thousand
  • Total chart weeks: 7

Chart position history

UK box office

US box office

Global box office

Certificates

US
R

16

R

18

16+

14

K-15

Tous publics

16

16

A

C

6

15

18

M/16

16+

(Banned)

18

15

16

16

Total grosses

UK total gross
United Kingdom Flag  £0
US total gross
United States Flag  $1.3 Million
Global total gross
Global Flag  $0

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Total views:
37
First viewed:
13th Apr 2026
Last viewed:
11th Jun 2026
News from around the web
John Waters is cinema’s finest purveyor of trash – and A Dirty Shame is a pure, filthy spectacle  The Guardian Tue, 16th January 2024

‘A Dirty Shame’: John Waters’ misunderstood box-office bomb  Far Out Magazine Sun, 4th May 2025

John Waters @ 75: A Dirty Shame (2004)  thefilmexperience.net Sun, 2nd May 2021

Movies - review - A Dirty Shame DVD  BBC Tue, 20th September 2005

A Dirty Shame: John Waters Interviewed  The Quietus Fri, 17th February 2017

A Dirty Shame Remains John Waters’ Most Underrated and Prescient Film  Paste Magazine Tue, 16th August 2022